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No. 550,495. Patented Nov. 25, 1595.

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JOSEPH FANDREY, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

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SPECIFICATION formingpart of Lettersl Patent No. 550,493, datedNovember` 26, 1895. Application flled May 25, 1895. Serial No. 550,623.(No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH FANDREY, of Santa Barbara, county of SantaBarbara, State of California, have invented a new and Improved Truss, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an improved truss for the support andreduction of hernia, and has for its objects to provide a novel simpledevice of the indicated character, which will be specially well adaptedfor the support and eventual cure of abdominal ruptures, which will beeasy to wear, and that from its construction will not shift fromposition over the rupture.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement secured singly on atruss-band. Fig. 2 is a front view of the pad-supporting portion andsingle pad shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view ofthe modified form of the improved truss-pad on the line G 6 in Fig. 2.

There are forms of rupture where the eX- travasation of the entrail issmall and globular when not reduced, the edge of the rupture tending toconstrict the protrusion. In such cases the form of the truss-pad shouldnot only adapt its bearing-surface to press the edges of the rupturedabdominal wall toward each other, but there should be provision made tohold the eXtravasated portion of the entrail pressed inwardly, or thehernia will be aggravated. y

To successfully treat hernia of t-he class last mentioned, the form oftruss-pad shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, is provided. A single pad isshown in the drawings of the truss; but it is evident that in case twopads are required the one shown may be duplicated, and where it is onlynecessary to provide a single pad of the shape previously described thetruss-band may be adapted for the support of a single pad of that style.

The truss-pad represented in Figs. 1 to 3 is composed of a base-block14, the periphery of which is preferably kidney-shaped and rounded toremove its lower corner, and the transverse indentation of the block inits surface that is to be padded is deepened near the transverse centerof the block, so as to produce a cup-like depression at said point. Apreferably leather envelope 19 is` drawn loosely over the outer face ofthe block, and a padding 16 is introduced, the edge of the envelopebeing then affixed to the side of the block which has contact with thepad-carrier piece 12.

The padding material is not placed in the bottom of the cuppeddepression of the block 14, as this is to be occupied by asupplenfentary pad of a semiglobular form, as clearly shown in Figs. 1and 3.

The small pad is formed of a base-block 17, an envelope 18, and llingmaterial 19, which when assembled provide a rotund pad that projectsfromv the cushioned and rounded edges of the larger pad when these partsare secured together by one or more screws, as shown in Fig. 3.

The truss is furnished with a band 10 and a single keeper-strap 11,these parts being connected as usual and clearly represented in Fig. 1,and the pad may also be supported by a carrier-piece 12.

It will be seen that if the truss having a transverselydndented surfacefor its main pad and a protuberant rounded supplementary pad thereon isapplied for the reduction of small constricting hernia of the abdomen',

the supplementary pad will rst have contact with the protrudingmembrane, forcing it within the edge of the rupture, and when theshallow indented main pad comes in contact with the abdomen around andnear the rupture the edges of the hernia are forced together, whichcompletes the occlusion of the ruptured parts.

It is claimed for the improvements hereinbefore described that the mostsevere cases of single or double hernia may be successfully treated bytheir employment, and the eventual cure of the ruptured parts willresult if the patient is in a favorable condition otherwise and thetruss is properly applied and worn a sufficient length of time.

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Having thus deseribed my invention, I bloek 17 secured to the base block14a', a eavelaiin as new and desire to secure by Letters ering orenvelope 18 and the1 filling 19, sub- 1o Patentstantially as described.

In a truss, the pad carrier, the pad coin- 5 prsing the indented block14 having a COV- JOSEPH FANDREY.

ering 15 and marginal filling or stuffing 1G, a Titnessesz slnztllrounding pad mounted in the indenta- JOSEPH J. PERKINS, tion of the rstpad and comprising;` a base C. M. GIDNEY.

